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Sometimes, if you want a job doing properly, you need to leave it to the professionals - as these examples of cleaning catastrophes show.
People from around the world have shared their very unfortunate cleaning fails on social media, with Bored Panda collating the best into a hilarious gallery.
There's the sorry tale of how one woman erased part of the world by cleaning the globe in her son's bedroom. Meanwhile, a pair of brothers were cleaning the attic when one of them, you guessed it, came down through the ceiling.
Elsewhere, a man cleaning the gutters on his roof watched his ladder fall - leaving him stuck up there.
Window screamer! The cleaning fails gallery included a woman who decided to clean the windows in her backdoor only for the full glass panel to fall through and shatter
Flatmates in the US accidentally started growing a mini ecosystem in their mop after one of them decided to mop up seeds instead of vacuuming them.
Meanwhile a pool cleaner had just finished his work, only to knock a huge plant pot into the water.
Here, Femail takes a look at some of the most frustrating cleaning fails online...
Made it worse! Two brothers were cleaning the attic when one of them came down through the ceiling
Redecorating! Another person decided to use their hoover to clean hot ash out of the fireplace but it blew out the back of the Henry after it burnt through the bag
Sorry Alaska! One woman even accidently erased part of the world by cleaning the globe in her son's bedroom
Too hot! Meanwhile someone in the US spotted their neighbour cleaning out the hot ash from their fireplace into a recycle bin
Oops! Flatmates started growing their own mop mini ecosystem after one of them didn't clean seeds up properly - and they promptly sprouted
Give up! Pity the pool cleaner who drops a plant pot - as this unfortunate fellow did
Don't look down! Elsewhere a man was cleaning the gutters on his roof when his ladder fell - leaving him stuck up there
The real measure of success! This person's flatmate cleaned their measuring jug so well that she erased all of the measurements
Good job! A mother asked her eight-year-old to clean a baking tray and it looks like she did too good a job - by removing the paint
Yikes! Another person completely ruined antique drawers by 'cleaning' them with strong chemicals
Oops! Elsewhere someone learned the hard lesson of not using washing detergent to clean the toilet
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